Brunswick Police release 911 tapes following baby's shooting

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The Brunswick Police Department has released three 911 calls it received right after a 13-month-old boy was shot in the head and killed on Thursday.

In one call, a woman fights back tears while saying the baby had been shot. A man then takes the phone and tells the dispatcher that the baby had been shot right between the eyes.

Antonio Santiago was pronounced dead at the scene around 9:20 a.m. despite attempts to revive him. Two teenagers shot at the boy and his mother after demanding money while they were walking down the street.

The mother of the child, Sherry West, was shot in the right thigh. She was treated and released Thursday night.

De’Marquise Kareem Elkins, 17, and a 14-year-old that police have not named because of his age have been arrested. Both are facing murder charges.

A woman who called 911 told dispatchers she heard three shots.

A second 911 call had a man telling dispatchers he was about 50 feet away from the child.

“He’s got to be a toddler,” the man said. “He’s on the ground now.”

A third call came from a man who said he didn’t hear the shots but was coming down the road right after it happened.

Sherry West told the Times-Union Friday that she was leaving the area because she didn’t feel safe in Brunswick.

The shooting took place on London Street in the city’s historic Old Town district. West was pushing her son down the street in a stroller, and told the shooters she didn’t have any money.